dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ato_MW.json

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  "atom":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tiny particle : bit":[
        "There's not an atom of truth in what he said."
      ],
      ": one of the minute indivisible particles of which according to ancient materialism (see materialism sense 1a ) the universe is composed":[],
      ": the atom considered as a source of vast potential constructive or destructive energy":[
        "\u2026 a largely forgotten legacy of this country's conquest of the atom .",
        "\u2014 William J. Broad",
        "\u2026 when Congress passed the Atomic Energy Act in 1954 and allowed private utilities to \"harness the atom .\"",
        "\u2014 Barry Werth"
      ],
      ": the smallest particle of an element that can exist either alone or in combination":[
        "an atom of hydrogen"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "There is not an atom of truth to what he said.",
      "give me just one atom of information about the novel's surprise ending",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Eventually the atom will settle down into a stable state, where the region around the missing electron is marked by a scar\u2014a place where an electron should be but isn\u2019t. \u2014 Frank Wilczek, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Essentially, if the team can direct the accelerating atom along a specific trajectory, it will be shielded from some of the side-effects of the stimulation. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "No fossil evidence suggests that a giant ground sloth ever composed a symphony or that a Devonian fish split the atom even once. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Ozone, a highly reactive three- atom oxygen molecule that damages lung tissues, is formed in the atmosphere when various pollutants undergo chemical transformation in the presence of sunlight. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "What happens in these frustrated spin lattices is a rich and interesting problem in its own right (and some folks in the cold- atom world are working on simulating them with Bose-Einstein condensates, a topic near to my heart). \u2014 Chad Orzel, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Physicists have traditionally dealt with simple systems \u2014 a single atom , a gas in a box \u2014 for which the governing laws are clear and exact answers can be calculated. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "Fission is when an atom \u2014most commonly uranium or plutonium\u2014breaks in two. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Imagine suddenly plucking an electron out of an atom of material. \u2014 Frank Wilczek, WSJ , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin atomus , from Greek atomos , from atomos indivisible, from a- + temnein to cut":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8at-\u0259m",
      "\u02c8a-t\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "dribble",
      "fleck",
      "flyspeck",
      "grain",
      "granule",
      "molecule",
      "morsel",
      "mote",
      "nubbin",
      "nugget",
      "particle",
      "patch",
      "scrap",
      "scruple",
      "snip",
      "snippet",
      "speck",
      "tittle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220319",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "atomic":{
    "antonyms":[
      "astronomical",
      "astronomic",
      "colossal",
      "cosmic",
      "cosmical",
      "elephantine",
      "enormous",
      "giant",
      "gigantic",
      "herculean",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "huge",
      "immense",
      "mammoth",
      "massive",
      "monster",
      "monstrous",
      "monumental",
      "mountainous",
      "planetary",
      "prodigious",
      "titanic",
      "tremendous"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": atomistic sense 2":[],
      ": existing in the state of separate atoms":[],
      ": marked by acceptance of the theory of atomism":[],
      ": minute":[],
      ": nuclear sense 2":[
        "atomic energy"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or concerned with atoms":[
        "atomic physics"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "made atomic adjustments to the clock's mechanism to keep it from whirring as it ran",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "From their bunker beneath the plant, engineers from Rosatom, Russia\u2019s state atomic -energy corporation, summoned managers to bring documents and manuals to make sense of the plant\u2019s new Western features. \u2014 Drew Hinshaw, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "The poll also found moderate support for nuclear power \u2014 a change from the 1970s and 1980s, when atomic energy became widely unpopular following accidents at Pennsylvania\u2019s Three Mile Island plant and Ukraine\u2019s Chernobyl facility. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Meanwhile in Germany, which has long planned to exit atomic energy, the invasion of Ukraine has prompted calls for delaying the nuclear phaseout. \u2014 Lyubov Pronina, Bloomberg.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "But France, an atomic energy leader, lobbied in favor of the designation. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "The United States knows that peaceful power from atomic energy is no dream of the future. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "According to Earth 300, the marine version of the Molten Salt Reactor (m-MSR) produces atomic energy with few moving parts and provides the sustainable, clean energy needed to move ocean transportation into the future. \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "No one radiated more agony, pain, and atomic energy. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2021",
      "After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan 10 years ago, Soeder \u2014 then Bavaria's environment minister \u2014 dropped his support for atomic energy. \u2014 Frank Jordans, Star Tribune , 19 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-mik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bitsy",
      "bitty",
      "infinitesimal",
      "itty-bitty",
      "itsy-bitsy",
      "little bitty",
      "microminiature",
      "microscopic",
      "microscopical",
      "miniature",
      "minuscule",
      "minute",
      "teensy",
      "teensy-weensy",
      "teeny",
      "teeny-weeny",
      "tiny",
      "wee",
      "weeny",
      "weensy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193158",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "atomic force microscope":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an instrument used for mapping the atomic-scale topography of a surface by means of the repulsive electronic forces between the surface and the tip of a microscope probe moving above the surface":[
        "\u2014 abbreviation AFM"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gerd Binnig shared the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2016 for inventing the atomic force microscope . \u2014 Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "This tiny arm with a shard from a smashed needle was the first version of what would become known as the atomic force microscope , or AFM. \u2014 Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "To examine the microstructure of sidewinder scales, her team used an atomic force microscope to scan naturally shed snake skins, provided by institutions such as the Atlanta Zoo. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2021",
      "The electrons follow wires etched onto an interface using an atomic force microscope . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 17 Feb. 2020",
      "The chemists then used the tip of an atomic force microscope to zap off the CO groups, eventually removing them all to create their 18-carbon ring (simulated above). \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 15 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1986, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121115",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "atomic reactor":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": reactor sense 3b":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Only when the atomic reactor itself needed servicing would the big transport need to land. \u2014 Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2021",
      "Already, Convair is testing an atomic reactor in a big straight-wing B-36, though not for propulsion purposes. \u2014 Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2021",
      "Uranium hexafluoride gas is spun by centrifuges to make enriched uranium that can be used in nuclear weapons and atomic reactor fuel. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 June 2018",
      "In 2008, North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program, the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor at Yongbyon. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2018",
      "The $20 billion nuclear plant is Seoul\u2019s first attempt to build an atomic reactor abroad. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2018",
      "The $20 billion nuclear plant is Seoul's first attempt to build an atomic reactor abroad. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Mar. 2018",
      "Prior to his May election win, Moon pledged to scrap a $7.5 billion project for two atomic reactors there as part of a plan to eliminate nuclear energy and switch to natural gas and renewables. \u2014 Heesu Lee, Bloomberg.com , 20 Oct. 2017",
      "Next to the gate a big display highlights some of what is built here\u2014earthmovers, military vehicles, atomic reactor parts. \u2014 Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian , 29 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203102",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "atomize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to reduce to minute particles or to a fine spray":[],
      ": to subject to attack by nuclear weapons":[],
      ": to treat as made up of many discrete units":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "this medication for athlete's foot is atomized so that it can be sprayed on from an aerosol can",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In this emergency situation, the fuel-dumping procedure did not occur at an optimal altitude that would have allowed the fuel to atomize properly. \u2014 Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com , 7 May 2020",
      "Edmund, Gloucester\u2019s scheming illegitimate son, is the most punishing role of all, a high-lying tenor part featuring music of atomizing intensity. \u2014 Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books , 7 Dec. 2019",
      "This collapse in social capital left the American people isolated, atomized , and lonely. \u2014 Tanner Greer, National Review , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "The advent of streaming atomized the entertainment and media ecosystem in a way that can suck for audiences. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "In this case, federal officials said the fuel dumping procedure did not occur at the optimal altitude that would have allowed the fuel to atomize properly. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "Had the plane been at 8,000 feet when the dump occurred, the fuel would never have hit the schools because it would be atomized after leaving the wings, said CNN aviation safety analyst David Soucie. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 18 Jan. 2020",
      "Had the plane been at 8,000 feet when the dump occurred, the fuel would never have hit the schools because it would be atomized after leaving the wings, Soucie said. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 16 Jan. 2020",
      "As if each parent, at the same moment, will see our offspring atomized , our species\u2019 clouds lifting off the globe, the huge, childless atom. \u2014 Sharon Olds, The Atlantic , 20 July 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "bray",
      "comminute",
      "crush",
      "disintegrate",
      "grind",
      "mill",
      "mull",
      "pound",
      "powder",
      "pulverize"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012651",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "atonement":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": reconciliation":[],
      ": reparation for an offense or injury : satisfaction":[
        "a story of sin and atonement",
        "He wanted to find a way to make atonement for his sins."
      ],
      ": the exemplifying of human oneness with God":[],
      ": the reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To paraphrase Katy Waldman\u2019s critique of self-awareness in contemporary fiction, awareness doesn\u2019t equal atonement . \u2014 Ben Sandman, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "And the subject of blood atonement comes up in the based-on-fact, but fictionalized, drama about the infamous murders in American Fork. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 May 2022",
      "Everything else, every doctrine, every action, every meaningful principle and element of life, rests and depends and exists upon Christ\u2019s atonement . \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Abhorrent behavior without atonement isn\u2019t worthy of the sport\u2019s highest honor. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "What begins as an admirable, if naive, act of atonement gradually spirals, in quietly terrifying and mordantly funny fashion, into a waking nightmare as a lifetime of class resentment and economic woe comes writhing to the surface. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Wednesday, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 58, and fellow guest Sarah Paulson were asked to seek atonement for past regrets. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "The Met\u2019s real atonement is with its reliance on the traditional period room, a genre that is increasingly scrutinized by critics for its whitewashing of history. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Indeed, at Brown, university leaders have long touted the 2007 launch of an endowment to benefit the Providence public school system as a key part of its slavery atonement . \u2014 Philip Marcelo, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see atone":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8t\u014dn-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113354",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "atour":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": over":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English (northern dialect), from at entry 1 + (northern dialect) our , alteration of over":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8t\u014dr"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125240",
    "type":[
      "adverb or preposition"
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  "atomic furnace":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": reactor":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143122"
  },
  "atone":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome":[
        "\u2014 usually + for He wanted to atone for his sins. But I think that he has within him a capacity for love, and an unselfishness, which almost atones for his dishonesty. \u2014 Anthony Trollope"
      ],
      ": to make reparation or supply satisfaction for : expiate":[
        "\u2014 used in the passive voice with for a crime that must be atoned for"
      ],
      ": reconcile":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8t\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "expiate",
      "mend",
      "redeem"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The return of Bruce\u2019s Beach has forged a helpful path forward for other cities and states seeking to atone for past injustices. \u2014 Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
      "The film, about an ideal couple whose bliss is threatened by a best friend\u2019s determination to atone for something long ago forgotten, is the first acquisition by FilmInk Originals. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "Beginning in the 1930s, the movie shows Briony's decades-long attempt to atone for her grievances, with older versions of her character played by Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave. \u2014 Lia Beck, EW.com , 18 June 2022",
      "The Town of Jamestown has created a scholarship fund and will fly the Juneteenth flag, to recognize and begin to atone for its role in the slave trade. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Financial reparations, along with an apology, would acknowledge an oppressive history and show an effort to atone , said California state Sen. Steven Bradford. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "The Nanjing Massacre in particular has long been a sensitive subject between the two countries as Beijing claims that Japan has failed to properly atone for it. \u2014 Jordyn Haime, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "Atwood's attorneys told the board that Atwood had achieved educational degrees while in prison, but Johnson said that work didn't atone for his crimes. \u2014 Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "Second on the team with nine passes defensed, Newsome used his tremendous closing speed to make plays and atone for the occasional blown coverage. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, to become reconciled, from at on in harmony, from at + on one":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1574, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150638"
  },
  "atomic volume":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quotient obtained by dividing the atomic weight of an element by its specific gravity":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155420"
  },
  "atoxyl":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a white crystalline compound C 6 H 7 AsNNaO 3 \u00b74H 2 O formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and sleeping sickness, its use frequently causing blindness : the monosodium salt of para -arsanilic acid":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0101\u02c8-",
      "\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4ks\u0259\u0307l",
      "-\u0113l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary a- entry 2 + toxic + -yl ; originally formed in German":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163645"
  },
  "atomic weight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lead, with its heavy atomic weight , interferes with all of this as it gets swapped in for blood cells, neurons, and other crucial bits of biology. \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
      "Plain ol\u2019 carbon \u2014 carbon that has 6 protons and 6 neutrons for an atomic weight of 12 \u2014 is far more stable than radiocarbon, and therefore vastly more plentiful in Earth\u2019s atmosphere. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "Kaiser and his colleagues chose rhenium because each atom is relatively large, compared more familiar atoms like carbon and oxygen that are less than one tenth of its atomic weight . \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Jan. 2020",
      "This approach succeeds most of the time, when the issue is, say, the atomic weight of hydrogen. \u2014 Adrian Bardon, Scientific American , 26 June 2020",
      "The atomic weight of the sun is composed of 92.1 percent hydrogen and 7.8 percent helium, with traces of carbon and nitrogen. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 3 Nov. 2019",
      "How to Read the Table Many periodic tables include the atomic number (number of protons) and atomic weight (which depends on protons and neutrons). \u2014 Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine , 26 June 2019",
      "So Bormanis came up with his own fictional heavy element, dysonium (named in honor of physicist Freeman Dyson), something with an atomic weight in the 130-135 range\u2014well above the transuranic elements in the period table. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 29 Dec. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1819, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200003"
  },
  "atomic hydrogen welding":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": arc welding that utilizes an alternating-current arc between two metal electrodes to dissociate hydrogen from a surrounding stream so that when the hydrogen atoms recombine into molecules at the surface of the part being welded they supply to the surface for fusion the heat that was absorbed in the arc during dissociation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201734"
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  "atomic theory":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a theory of the nature of matter: all material substances are composed of minute particles or atoms of a comparatively small number of kinds and all the atoms of the same kind are uniform in size, weight, and other properties":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Before atomic theory \u2014which states that all matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms\u2014people didn\u2019t have a good idea of what matter really was. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "But Rovelli says that the degree of confirmation of atomic theory shouldn\u2019t even be measured in the same units as that of string theory. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Dec. 2015",
      "String theory is not, say, 10 percent as confirmed as atomic theory ; the two have different statuses entirely. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Dec. 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1738, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214926"
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  "atomicity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": valence":[],
      ": the number of atoms in the molecule of an element":[],
      ": the number of replaceable atoms or groups in the molecule of a compound":[],
      ": the state of consisting of atoms":[],
      ": the nature, character, or property of being atomic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-i",
      "-\u0259t\u0113",
      "\u02ccat\u0259\u02c8mis\u0259t\u0113",
      "\u02ccat\u0259-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary atomic + -ity":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032558"
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  "atonal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)a-",
      "(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8t\u014d-n\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Loosely atonal , the piece is characterized by brooding passages and accented, Stravinskian rhythms. \u2014 Barbara Jepson, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "The trio ripped through their set, which also featured a Cline cameo, and brought an atonal , free-jazz element to their old-school punk pedigree. \u2014 Jonah Bayer, SPIN , 31 May 2022",
      "Here, the atonal strings and pipes seem to conjure ghosts, with echoes of elemental and intergenerational human violence, and the jarring music is mixed with a murky soundscape to foster a growing sense of dread. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "His Second String Quartet, composed in 1922, is a 25-minute work that draws on atonal harmonies, extended techniques and miniature leitmotifs to trace a dramatic trajectory from a wall of sound to a crooked folk dance. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s on the verge of Neo romantic, very tuneful and melodic, whereas George Walker\u2019s work is verging on atonal . \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "But these faint traces of the familiar are swept away in the same current \u2014 subsumed by the atonal crush of the music. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "One afternoon, we were presented with an avant-garde, atonal work featuring, among other things, singers dressed as large, iridescent worms that writhed across the stage. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "The afternoon after Harrison left, the remaining Beatles clearly take out their frustration with some aggressive, atonal music, and Ono takes over his microphone \u2014 a spellbinding moment. \u2014 David Bauder, ajc , 24 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + tonal":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1911, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065204"
  },
  "Atokan":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to a subdivision of the Pennsylvanian geologic period":[]
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      ": an experimentally determined number characteristic of a chemical element that represents the number of protons in the nucleus which in a neutral atom equals the number of electrons outside the nucleus and that determines the place of the element in the periodic table \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Rare earths are a group of 17 metals, classified into lights and heavies depending on their atomic number , and are crucial to the manufacturing of high-tech products. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 14 May 2021",
      "But today who needs to know the capital of South Dakota or the atomic number of hafnium (Pierre and 72)",
      "Naturally occurring silicon has an atomic number of 14, with 14 electrons that are arranged in valence layers of 2, 8, and 4. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "Some rare earths are heavy and some are light, depending on their atomic number , and the two have different applications. \u2014 Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "How to Read the Table Many periodic tables include the atomic number (number of protons) and atomic weight (which depends on protons and neutrons). \u2014 Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine , 26 June 2019",
      "For the types of BECs that form droplets, the repulsive forces are not just a function of the density but also the atomic number . \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 28 Nov. 2018",
      "Among the atoms resulting from neutron bombardment were much smaller atoms like barium, which has an atomic number of 56. \u2014 Umair Irfan, Vox , 11 June 2018",
      "Here are some of the basics: Uranium is the heaviest naturally occurring element in the periodic table, with an atomic number of 92, representing the number of protons in its nucleus. \u2014 Umair Irfan, Vox , 11 June 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": esparto sense 1":[]
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      "\u00e4\u02c8-",
      "\u0259\u02c8t\u014dch\u0259"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113832"
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      "adjective"
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      ": able to be atoned for":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154927"
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      ": a unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms, molecules, or nuclear particles equal to \u00b9/\u2081\u2082 the mass of a single atom of the most abundant carbon isotope 12 C":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What\u2019s more, the large compounds are likely fragments of even larger parent molecules that could weigh thousands of atomic mass units , Postberg says. \u2014 National Geographic , 27 June 2018",
      "Previously, Cassini detected lighter, gassy molecules such as methane and ethane, which contain one or two carbon atoms and a smattering of hydrogens; these molecules weigh in at around 15 atomic mass units . \u2014 National Geographic , 27 June 2018"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161439"
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      "noun"
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      ": a technique for depositing a film onto a surface in monolayers by utilizing a self-limiting chemical reaction":[
        "20nm of aluminium oxide was used as a gate insulator, built-up by atomic layer deposition over a seed layer of oxidised aluminium on the graphene surface.",
        "\u2014 Steve Bush"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The latter is where things can be mixed up, realised in vivid fashion by a breakthrough technology called atomic layer deposition (ALD). \u2014 Alex Doak, CNN , 9 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1991, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175711"
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      "verb"
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      ": to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome":[
        "\u2014 usually + for He wanted to atone for his sins. But I think that he has within him a capacity for love, and an unselfishness, which almost atones for his dishonesty. \u2014 Anthony Trollope"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The return of Bruce\u2019s Beach has forged a helpful path forward for other cities and states seeking to atone for past injustices. \u2014 Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
      "The film, about an ideal couple whose bliss is threatened by a best friend\u2019s determination to atone for something long ago forgotten, is the first acquisition by FilmInk Originals. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 9 June 2022",
      "Beginning in the 1930s, the movie shows Briony's decades-long attempt to atone for her grievances, with older versions of her character played by Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave. \u2014 Lia Beck, EW.com , 18 June 2022",
      "The Town of Jamestown has created a scholarship fund and will fly the Juneteenth flag, to recognize and begin to atone for its role in the slave trade. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Financial reparations, along with an apology, would acknowledge an oppressive history and show an effort to atone , said California state Sen. Steven Bradford. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "The Nanjing Massacre in particular has long been a sensitive subject between the two countries as Beijing claims that Japan has failed to properly atone for it. \u2014 Jordyn Haime, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "Atwood's attorneys told the board that Atwood had achieved educational degrees while in prison, but Johnson said that work didn't atone for his crimes. \u2014 Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
      "Second on the team with nine passes defensed, Newsome used his tremendous closing speed to make plays and atone for the occasional blown coverage. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, to become reconciled, from at on in harmony, from at + on one":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1574, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182725"
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    "type":[
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the anterior sexless part of certain polychaete worms from which grows the sexual portion \u2014 compare epitoke":[]
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      "\u02c8\u0101-",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek atokos without offspring, from a- a- entry 2 + tokos childbirth, offspring; akin to Greek teknon child":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215419"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": corn meal that is cooked and eaten as mush or that is drunk as a thin gruel":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8t\u014d(\u02cc)l\u0101"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from Nahuatl atolli":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234433"
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  "ato":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a political division of a Bontok village":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4t\u014d"
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      "Bontok":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235736"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a tiny particle : atom , mite":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-t\u0259-m\u0113"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "irregular from Latin atomi , plural of atomus atom":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1591, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004659"
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "How changes in atomic mass leave clues to our climatological past. \u2014 Dan Zak, Washington Post , 15 July 2019",
      "Not only should the chemistry of the two isotopes be the same, the slight difference in atomic mass largely washes out in the watery environment of the body. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Quanta Magazine , 2 Nov. 2016",
      "How changes in atomic mass leave clues to our climatological past. \u2014 Dan Zak, Washington Post , 15 July 2019",
      "Not only should the chemistry of the two isotopes be the same, the slight difference in atomic mass largely washes out in the watery environment of the body. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Quanta Magazine , 2 Nov. 2016",
      "Say, for example, that all of the gases and particles collected indicate the fission products are 6.2 percent atoms with an atomic mass of 137, 6.1 percent with 99, and so on. \u2014 Andrew Karam, Popular Mechanics , 7 Jan. 2016",
      "Some have theorized that the soda got its name from the atomic mass of lithium, which is roughly seven. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 22 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022333"
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